Oil can



S. C. PRICE.

01L CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1921.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

UNIT ras STEPHEN o.- PRICE, or LOUISIANA, M'IssoUnI', Assrenon no Manama waste INVESTMENT COMPANY, on em. LOUIS, MIssoUn -A CORPORATION on MISSOURI.

OIL CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. -P'gate1'1ted Apr, 11,1922.

Application filed March 3, 1921. Serial no. 449,367. r

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN C. Peron, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Louisiana, county of Pike, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Oil Can, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil cans.

An object of the invention is to provide an oil can having a flexible discharge passage, with adevice for supporting the flexible passage in position to cause the oil that remains in the passage after use to drain back into the can.

Another object of the invention is to equip an oil can of the character mentioned with a device for supporting the flexible discharge passage in position to cause the oil that remains therein after use of the'can to drain back into the can, said device being arranged 7 so that it will not extend greatly beyond the sides of the can and will not interfere with the placing of the can ina package or wrapper for shipment or other purposes.

Another object of the invention is to equip an oil can of the character mentioned with a device for supporting the flexible discharge passage to cause oil that remains in the pas sage after use of the can to flow back into the can, said device being arranged so that it will move or may be moved out of the way when it is desired to use the can, and so that it may be adjusted in such position that it will not interfere with the wrapping or packing of the can. 7

Other objects will appear from the following description in which reference is made to the drawing showing a convenient embodiment of the invention, and in which the view of the drawing is an elevation hav:

ing the flexible passage engaged with the holding device to permit. the oil to drain back into the can; and in which the dotted lines show diiferent positions of the holding device and of the discharge passage.

As shown the can 1 has a handle 2 on one side thereof and a hopper 3 at the upper end and at the side of the can opposite from the handle 2. When the can is tilted or-inclined the oil willflow into the hopper 3 and thence flexible metallic tube and is so constructed that it may be bent or curved to any ole sired shape or position to facilitate-the dis- 7 charge of the oil to any point of use: The p H tube 4 is comparatively stiff so that itwill remain in any position or adjustment in which it is placed 7 r v -The present lIlVGIltlOIlLCOIlSlStS of a device for supporting the tube 4: in position to discharge the oil that remains after use of the can back into the can. In the embodiment shown said device comprises an arm 5 pivotedby means'of a bracket 6 to the upper wall of arm 5 may follow the tube as indicated by dotted lines, until the arm rests upon the hopper 3. When it is desired to wrap or place the can within a packagethe arm 5 may be turned to a position'in which it rests upon the handle 2 in which it will be seen that said arm does not extend greatly beforc does not interfere with the wrapping of 1 yond the plane of the handle 2, and, therethe can or the placing of the can within a package. The freedom of movement of the arm 5 to position for use, or to positions in T which it is out of the way when it is desired tov use the can, or to wrap the can or place the can within a package is an important feature of the invention. From the foregoing it will be seen that th present invention satisfactorily accomplishes all of its intended objects. The specif c'construction and arrangement of the devlce for holding the tube in position to causethe oil g to drain into the can may be varied without departure from the nature of the lnventlon. 9

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a can, and aflexible tube connected with the can above the 7' level of the contents for conducting the contents of the can to a point of use, ofa device .7

in connection with the can'arranged to engage with the tube to support the tube so:

that all'pointsalong the tube from the influent end to the efliuent end are higherthan the other points towardthe'influent end of the tube, to cause all of the contents remaining in the tube after use to flow back into the can.

I 2.- The combination with a can, a hopper 1 10. 7

65 the hopper 3. The arm 5 has a loop 7 on its free end adapted to receive the end of the in connection With the upper open end of the can above the level of the contents of the can, and a flexible discharge tube for con ducting the contents from the hopper to a point of use when the can is tilted or in clined, of a device in connection with the hopper for holding the flexible tube With the open efliuent end thereoi above the influent end and above the intermediate portions of the tube to cause all the contents remaining in the tube after use thereof to flow back into the can.

the can.

STEPHEN C. PRICE. 

